Rian Johnson Unveils First Look Photo For ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’
deadline.comDaniel Craig’s famed Southern detective Benoit Blanc has a new look in a first look still from Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, unveiled on Monday morning, which you can view below.
Depicting Craig with long hair, the black-and-white still was shared by filmmaker Rian Johnson to commemorate the start of production on the anticipated Netflix threequel. “Aaaaand we’re off!” wrote Johnson in a message posted to X. “Today is day 1 of shooting on the next Benoit Blanc mystery “Wake Up Dead Man” – see you on the other side.” A contemporary revival of the murder mystery genre, the Knives Out franchise centers on the investigations of Craig’s character, Blanc.
While the plot for Wake Up Dead Man remains under wraps, Craig leads an ensemble that also includes Josh O’Connor, Cailee Spaeny, Andrew Scott, Kerry Washington, Jeremy Renner, Mila Kunis, Daryl McCormack and Josh Brolin, as previously announced.
The franchise launched with Johnson’s 2019 whodunit Knives Out, starring Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Christopher Plummer and more, which grossed over $310 million worldwide.
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